Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1203

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Whitney was completely baffled-she honestly couldn't make sense of this guy's bizarre anatomy.

"If Dr. Valentine can't explain it, then I'm even more clueless," Ludwik teased, his gaze lingering on her with a lazy curve to his lips. He lowered his voice, the tone a deep, playful rumble. "But you felt it, right? Kinda dangerous, huh?"

The cocky, devil-may-care look on his face made Whitney bite her lip, at a loss for words.

The threat she'd felt at her fingertips had been way too intense, and now she was overheating. All she wanted was to shake him off.

But Ludwik, playing the wounded puppy, grabbed her hand again, putting on an exaggeratedly pitiful face. "Take it easy on me, Whitney. Look, it's been pining for you, barely hanging in there. If you go full Hulk-smash on it, my future happiness will be toast."

And with that, this grown man actually bit his lip, looking like the world's most miserable victim.

sheer exasperation. Her breath hitched, cheeks flushed. "So what do you want me to

pillows like he owned the place, somehow managing to look both seriously concerned and shameless at once. "You're the expert. Interact a little, check if things are

to exactly what his not-so-innocent suggestion meant. He

expect- No way she was giving in to his nonsense, not for a second. Never mind an examination; she

She had zero interest

her fiercest doctor-voice.

does it not matter? That's my entire lifelong happiness guarantee right there!" Ludwik

flames. She glared. "Why do you care about my happiness? Who said you were part of my future? Look at the

Most people barely survive this surgery, and I'm already bouncing back faster than anyone. Dr. Horatio said I'm built like a linebacker. And now my 'condition' is fixed, so I'm more than good enough for

cocky. A good man's in high demand, you know Plus, we have a daughter together. She's still a baby. Are you really gonna ditch us

Whitney roll her eyes at him. "Oh, please. You talk about our daughter as if you're some model dad! She's still in the ICU and here you are flirting. So what, you dump at the parenting on me? Ludwik, you have no

in protest, but

scowl,